I Made A Decision Back In 1978

I Have Two Different Categories Of Favorite Films. One Is The Emotional Favorites, Which Means These Are Generally Films That I Saw When I Was A Kid; Anything You See In Your Formative Years Is More Powerful, Because It Really Stays With You Forever. The Second Category Is Films That I Saw While I Was Learning The Craft Of Motion Pictures.

The Strongest Human Emotion Is Fear. It's The Essence Of Any Good Thriller That, For A Little While, You Believe In The Boogeyman.

There Are Two Different Stories In Horror: Internal And External. In External Horror Films, The Evil Comes From The Outside, The Other Tribe, This Thing In The Darkness That We Don't Understand. Internal Is The Human Heart.

Film Buffs Who Don't Live In Hollywood Have A Fantasy About What It's Like To Be A Director. Movies And The People Who Make Movies Have Such Glamour Associated With Them. But The Truth Is, It's Not Like That. It's Very Different. It's Hard Work.

Movies Are Pieces Of Film Stuck Together In A Certain Rhythm, An Absolute Beat, Like A Musical Composition. The Rhythm You Create Affects The Audience.